Night and Fog in Kurdistan
Feature Documentary
Night and Fog in Kurdistan is a documentary by a Kurdish female filmmaker that follows seven Yazidi teenage girls who survived the 2014 ISIS genocide. The film traces their five-year journey from refugee camps in Turkey to resettlement in Europe, showing the effects of genocide, displacement, and the challenges of migration. Using illustration, self-storytelling, and first-person perspectives, the film lets the girls share their own experiences of survival and adaptation.
CREDITS
Crew
Directed by
Shilan Saadi
Written by
Keyvan Fahimi, Shilan Saadi
Cinematography
Emine Deger
Illustration & Poster
Pejman Alipour
Narration Writer
Nafiseh Mousavi
Editor
Hamila Moayed
Colorists
Hamidreza Fatourehchian, Borna Jamshidi
Sound Designer
Ensieh Maleki
Music
Jamal Sameri
Ending Music Composer
Shamal Charkhandaz
Arrangement
Bahman Faraji
Vocals
Peyman Delshad (Big), Ferhad Mensuri
Producers
Producers
Keyvan Fahimi, Shilan Saadi, Gülay Kilicaslan
Executive Producers
Samira Marzban, Hejar Nurani
Co-Producers
Inna Kiaramovna, Zina Olegovna, Nana Valajam, Nazanin Valajam, Fatosh Yildiz
Countries of Production
Iran · Turkey · Canada · Belgium · Georgia
Distributor
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC)
83 mini
Year
2025
Available through the CFMDC Catalogue
View on CFMDC
AWARDS
2025 — Best Feature Documentary
23rd Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2025 — Best International Documentary
8th AmiCorti International Film Festival, Rome, Italy
2025 — Equality – Feature Award
Jackson DOC Film Festival, Tennessee, USA
2025 — Best Canadian Film
6th Human-Environment Care Film Festival (HECare Film Festival), Toronto, Canada
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & SCREENINGS
2026
Official Selection
12th Festival Internacional de Cine de la No-Violencia Activa (FICNOVA), Spain
Official Selection
18th Sofia MENAR Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Screening
13th Immigration Film Fest (IFF), Washington, D.C., USA
Screening
19 Years Universal Film Festival, New York, USA
Screening
MENAR Migration Event, Sofia, Bulgaria
Screening
21st IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival, New Delhi, India
Screening
London School of Economics Middle East Centre, London, UK
As part of the Kurdish Studies Conference
Screening
Society for Humanistic Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico
Screening
Kurdish Culture & Scholarship Week, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2025
Official Selection
10th Realtime International Film Festival, London, UK
Official Selection
3rd Amed Film Festival, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Official Selection
2nd Cinego Shorts Film Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
Official Selection
2nd Vancouver Kurdish Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Official Selection
Festival Incert, Barcelona, Spain
Official Selection
Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin, USA
Screening
Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Conference, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Screening
Commission on Anthropology of the Middle East, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey
2024
Official Selection
DOCUMENTARIST 17th Istanbul Documentary Days, Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium
Short Film
A teenage boy hides in his fathers' car to go to stadium. However, the father heads somewhere else.
Crew:
Screenplay & Director: keyvan Fahimi
Cast: Alireza Sanifar, Mojtaba Falahi, Bahar Zandi, Reza Ebrahimi
Director of photography: Mohammad Hadadi
Film Editor: Pooyan Sholevar
Set Decoration: Nasim Chogoli
Makeup supervisor: Shouresh Maroufi
Sound Record: Mostafa manjil
Sound Designer: Ensieh Maleki
Composer: Jamal Sameri
Colorist: Mohsen Kheyrabadi
Photographer: Ali Kaveh
Production Management: Davood Masoole
Execute producer: Shilan Saadi
Creative producer: Amihoseyn Marzban
Producer: Keyvan Fahimi
River Neighbors
Short Documentary
The only connecting way out of the place for residents of border village of Gerzhal , located in Kurdistan of Iran, is by a wooden boat across the river. The children of the village move the people out by the boat getting a low wage. This is a job for them alongside going to school, playing, and having their daily life.
Crew:
Director and editing: Keyvan Fahimi
Cameramen: Abdolghader Tahazadeh
Sound Recorder: Fardin Molasalimi
Sound Design and Mix: Ensieh Maleki
Etalonag: Mohsen Kheirabadi
Producers: Hajar Nurani,Samira Marzaban
An alley behind our house
Short Film
This is the story of two youngster girls who became the victims of female genital mutilation in their own ways. Cast Jina Noorani, Serva Khezri, Naser Babaiyan
Crew Cameraman: Salem Salavati
Editor: Tofigh Amani
Sound recorder: Farid Sedaghat
Sound desgner: Arash Ghasemi
Music: Jamal Sameri
Screenwriter: Keyvan Fahimi
Producer, Director: Shilan Saadi